As author Srinivas Rao says:
“You’ll make more progress by doing something for five minutes every day than doing it for three hours every month or week.”
Then, make these actions ridiculously easy to do.
Put a sticky note on your shoes that says ‘take the stairs’. Or leave your novel doc open on your laptop at the end of the day so it’s the first thing you see tomorrow.
- Build on the good habits and behaviors you already have
The psychology of habits shows that it’s much easier to build off of existing habits than it is to start completely new ones. Happy New Year 2023 4k Full Screen WhatsApp Status Video
For example, if you already go out for a brisk walk 3 times a week then add on 10 more minutes each day. This way, your ‘Go for a walk’ habit you’ve built now becomes the cue for the new ‘walk 10 more minutes’ habit.
This can work for anything you currently do.
If your goal is to read more, then instead of reading for 10 minutes before bed, say you’ll read for 20 or 30. If your goal is to eat healthier, say you’ll cook at home 5 nights a week instead of 3.
Or, if you’re looking at starting something completely new, try habit stacking. This is where you build a new habit off of a current one. A basic formula is:
After/Before [CURRENT HABIT], I will [NEW HABIT].
For example: After I brush my teeth [CURRENT HABIT] I will meditate for 10 minutes [NEW HABIT.
Habit stacking takes advantage of the things you already do on a daily basis to help you build new habits and stick with your New Year’s resolutions.
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